The choice between French oak and American oak is one of the quiet but powerful decisions a winemaker makes, shaping not just the structure of a wine but its entire aromatic personality. Though both come from oak trees,...
Letting wine “breathe” simply means allowing it to come into contact with oxygen before drinking. This brief exposure to air can dramatically improve how a wine smells, tastes, and feels on the palate. Why wine benefits from breathing...
If you have read a wine review or two, notice how they all sound very similar? well! because almost always, they describe the 4 areas of taste in wine: sweet or dry, fruit or earth, light body or...
Although they have been used interchangeably but there are actually differences between Aromas and Bouquet of Wine. Flavors in wines can be associated with fruits while their bouquet resembles more wood, spice and herb. These flavors and aromas...
A glass of wine could put a smile on your face, a sip of it could send you to a magical land. Wine is not just a drink, it is an adventure, an experience and pleasure in a...
Plum, cherry, strawberry, vanilla, raisin, nutmeg, cinnamon, chocolate, cassis, berry, currant, licorice, white pepper, eucalyptus, cloves, anise, tea leaf, tomato leaf, limestone, chalk, nutty, cedar… the list goes on and on. You couldn’t help but wonder where these...
Having enjoyed an amazing glass of wine and describing it to friends or family could be great joy. Verbalizing such tasteful sensations does take a lot of practice and some understanding of wine. When in comes to describing...
Sunlight, climate, water, soils and air all together nurture vines and their grapes. Their combination of flavors is unique to specific region because of the terroir they were grown in. The wine-makers simply converting grapes into drinking wine. ...
Oak and Wine Asking Picasso to paint with his arms tied is wine-making without Oak. What Oak does to wine has never been successfully replicated, regardless of any advancement in technology. Wine simply will not be wine without...
